World Fishing News – Page 697
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NewsPelagic pair trawl ban lifted in Mauritania
Mauritania has temporarily lifted its ban on pelagic pair trawling ban to make it attractive for Irish and Scottish pelagic refrigerated seawater (RWS) trawlers to target mackerel, horse mackerel, sardines and sardinella off northwest Africa.
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NewsBP oil spill: fishing closure increases to 36%
The NOAA has again had to modify the commercial and recreational fishing closure in the oil-affected areas of the Gulf of Mexico.
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NewsOrganic farm nears maximum output
Croatian fish farmer Riba Mljet will next year reach its annual production target of 200 tonnes at which point the organic producer of seabass, seabream and meagre will cap its output.
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Aussie illegal crab seizures
More than 216 illegal crab and fish traps have been seized, and more than 80 crabs and fish have been returned to the water alive, as part of a targeted operation in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia, said the state''s Primary Industries Minister Steve Whan.
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NewsNIMPL opens new factory for NZ mussel industry
A NZD 23 million (€13.2 million/$16.4 million) mussel processing facility which will help provide the world’s largest half-shell production capacity has opened in Tauranga, New Zealand.
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NewsMEPs rally for stronger aquaculture sector
A stronger European aquaculture industry could help meet growing consumer demand by providing alternatives to wild fish species. But safeguards are needed to prevent environmental and public health risks, according to a new resolution adopted by the European Parliament.
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FarSounder awarded TNO fisheries research order
FarSounder has received an order from The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), for an advanced fisheries research project.
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NewsObama: BP will pay for ‘oil spill epidemic’
In his first national address from the Oval Office, President Barack Obama vowed to make BP pay for the damage caused by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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NewsDevalued euro rocks Vietnamese exports
The ongoing economic turbulence in Europe is setting up problems for Vietnamese seafood exporters.
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Seafish launches free Hygiene ELearning Programme
UK seafood authority Seafish has launched a Hygiene ELearning Programme (HeLP) suitable for seafood food handlers. Access to the new programme is free of charge and the registration process is informal to encourage more seafood handlers to participate in food safety training.
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NewsLobster fishers face potential five-year ban
Lobster populations in a large area of the Atlantic Ocean have shrunk so much that biologists have recommended a five-year ban on catching to allow stocks to bounce back.
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Chilean hake fishery enters MSC assessment
Sociedad Nacional de Pesca has entered its Chilean hake (Merluccius gayi gayi) trawl fishery into the independent, third-party assessment under the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) certification programme.
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New almanac for UK and Irish fishing fleets
In August this year, book publisher A&C Black will launch the only almanac available in the UK and Ireland that is solely oriented towards the fishing industry.
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NewsSeafish appoints new interim chairman
UK seafood authority Seafish has announced the appointment of John Whitehead as interim chair of the organisation following the completion of Charles Howeson’s three-year term as chair.
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NewsBlue skies research rises in the East
Fish R&D in East Asia has put much of its past effort into promoting standards to meet ‘Western’ import health and quality regulations. Peter O’Neill finds signs of a significant value shift upwards on the lucrative bio and innovation fronts.
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NewsEU stops bluefin fishing season early
The European Commission brought an early end to the Atlantic bluefin tuna purse seine catching season saying that the quota allowed to be caught had already been fulfilled.
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NewsNOAA reopens fishing area in Gulf of Mexico
NOAA has opened 339 square miles of previously closed fishing area off the Florida panhandle – the northern boundary now ends at the Florida federal-state water line on the east side of Choctawhatchee Bay.
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Russian giant trawl nets go global
The recent international fisheries conference at the Kaliningrad technical university gave attendees the rare opportunity to visit Fishering Sevice, a local, family-owned company and manufacturer of some of the world’s largest trawls, reports Menakhem Ben-Yami .
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Pew urges ‘thoughtful approach’ to catch shares
The Pew Environment Group has voiced its concern about the proposed US west coast trawl fishery catch share programme, following the publication of a new study by Ecotrust.
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NewsNOAA: Slightly less overfishing in the US
There has been a small reduction in the number of US fisheries that are deemed as being overfished, according to a new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
